I Moderate (i_moderate) wrote in we_coexist, @ 2015-04-28 20:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | the city, zz:status complete |
test >> break.Fix: execute
The resource drain was isolated now, but the root cause of the resource drain took more diagnostics before the source became clear: the time/space flux between the dying planet and the one to which the others had escaped had caused parts of the timeline multiplicity subroutine to fail.
The City had patched the subroutine so that no further violations of one of its basic protocols occurred in similar circumstances. With the root cause corrected, the City turned its attention toward resolving the matter of the existing multiplicity.
Logically, the cleanest solution was to combine the multiple entities together, retaining the oldest body and absorbing the younger one, yet transferring the memories of the younger one into the older. The City had learned from its past dealings with its humans, and knew that they valued their individuality. In this way, that individuality would be preserved. The City also did not have to concern itself with issues of returning one or the other to their own timeline - of which there was but one - when the moment came to do so. But another lesson that The City had learned was that its humans were a variable that wasn't precise.
For this reason, The City decided to run a test - a single fix, to ensure that the variables that humanity introduced would not exceed the limits of acceptability.
It chose 4:10 AM as the most statistically probable time when both versions of Evey Hammond would be sleeping. Such a fix would be better handled were the minds already calm.
test >> break.Fix: execute